Rene Descartes

The first precept was never to accept a thing as true until I knew it as such without a single doubt. ↗

— Rene Descartes

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Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare. ↗

— Rene Descartes

#men #numbers #perfect #rare #very

Everything is self-evident. ↗

— Rene Descartes

#self-evident

The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries. ↗

— Rene Descartes

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When it is not in our power to follow what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable. ↗

— Rene Descartes

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It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have even once been deceived. ↗

— Rene Descartes

#complete #confidence #deceived #even #never

The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues. ↗

— Rene Descartes

#greatest #minds #vices #virtues #well

I am indeed amazed when I consider how weak my mind is and how prone to error. ↗

— Rene Descartes

#am #amazed #consider #error #how

Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of it than he already has. ↗

— Rene Descartes

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In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn, than to contemplate. ↗

— Rene Descartes

#improve #learn #less #mind #order